Risk Analysis and Unicertainty in Flood Damage Analysis Reduction Studies - Committee on Risk-Based Analysis for Flood Damage Reduction
KORTE INHOUD
Reducing flood damage is a complex task that requires multidisciplinary understanding of the earth sciences and civil engineering. In addressing this task the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers employs its expertise in hydrology, hydraulics, and geotechnical and structural engineering. Dams, levees, and other river-training works must be sized to local conditions; geotechnical theories and applications help ensure that structures will safely withstand potential hydraulic and seismic forces; and economic considerations must be balanced to ensure that reductions in flood damages are proportionate with project costs and associated impacts on social, economic, and environmental values. A new National Research Council report, Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies, reviews the Corps of Engineers' risk-based techniques in its flood damage reduction studies and makes recommendations for improving these techniques. Areas in which the Corps has made good progress are noted, and several steps that co...
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2000Uitgever: National Academies Press202 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0309071364ISBN-13: 9780309071369Koop dit boek tweedehands
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(XIV) 202 p. Paperback (Page 9/10 of the preface has some highlights with yellow marker, otherwise in good condition.) Washington, National Academy Press 2000 [Auteur: National Research Council] [Jaar: 2000] [Titel: Risk Analysis and Uncertainty in Flood Damage Reduction Studies]
